Also: Friday night

Our good friend Colonel Tribune is having a Tweetup at the Clark Street Ale House. Maybe I will see you there?

Slideshows go here

please put links to your slideshows in the comments of this post (unfortunately, this install of WordPress won’t let us embed the slideshows. Sniff!)

Reading & Listening for class this Thursday

We will be joined at the start of class by Jesse Thorn, the creator and host of the podcast The Sound of Young America. Please visit the show’s archives and listen to at least two shows that look interesting to you. Note when listening that the show is produced out of his home.

In addition, we’ll be talking about strategies for successful podcasts, as well as the technical ins-and-outs of basic audio editing and podcast publishing. To prepare for that, please read:

Podcasting 101
How to Create Your Own Podcast”
Podcasting in WordPress
Tips for Better Podcasts
Audio Editing with Audacity
BEWARE COPYRIGHT: Legal guide for podcasters
Creative Commons Search

Podcasting Resources
Audacity, a basic but robust free audio editor.
Podcasting with Garageband
Nice tutorial on fading tracks in Audacity
Good basic microphone & interviewing techniques

Audio hosting & podcast feed information
Our Media, a good free site to host your podcast audio. It’s run by the non-profit Internet Archives
This looks like it may offer some more robust Podcasting features in WordPress
Feedburner, a service that allows you to track subscribers to your podcast feed.
How to submit your podcast to iTunes

What If We Won info

First off, you can pass along the site with this URL: http://www.whatifwewon.com

Make sure your pitch to people is simple and clear–it helps to spread when they can explain it to others easily. I’m saying this: What will YOUR face look like when your candidate wins the election? http://www.whatifwewon.com

Secondly, for the couple people with new accounts, here’s the story from Flickr as to why your photos aren’t showing up yet.:

If your account is new, first you need to upload at least 5 photos. After that minimum has been reached, then it shouldn’t take more than a few days until your photos appear in searches, groups, etc. To make sure your photos show in searches, remember to add accurate tags and descriptions.

Thanks for some great work!

web photography links

Some very cool sites that use photography in unique ways

The Big Picture
The Whale Hunt

More soon!

great multimedia journalism goes here

Paste your links to great multimedia journalism in the comments of this post. And explain why you chose them.

our distinguished panel of experts

Today we are joined by:

Andrew Huff, editor and publisher of GapersBlock.com
Holly Ross, executive director of the Nonprofit Technical Network
Trish Bendix, blog editor for AfterEllen.com
Paul M. Davis, founder IsGreaterThan.net

Plus, members of the journalism faculty.

$10,000 scholarship for college bloggers!

You may want to look into this. Deadline is October 30th.

Our map from today

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Lecture notes 10-16-08

Ushahidi an amazing example of the use of both mobile devices and geo-locational reporting coming out of Kenya.

Reuter’s MoJo (mobile journalism) initiative

Everyblock, the gold standard for Google map mashups

A demo of the “compass” feature in Google’s Android mobile operating system

The drop.io drop for our debate reaction assignment